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Tough loss; was really pulling for Seattle there. Hopefully Toronto can get it done with a quick sweep in the World Series.
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And as for why it benefits Skubal to be traded before getting free agency: the potential for postseason heroics. Everyone knows Skubal’s worth a ton, but pitching a team to a championship is a really great way to get paid above-market price (see, e.g., Stephen Strasburg). And is Skubal on the Tigers or Skubal on the Mets more likely to win the 2026 World Series? I think it’s firmly the latter.
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In fairness, Skubal trade talk began immediately upon his making some noncommittal remarks in the end-of-season press conference, long before the Heyman report. Also, one has to wonder how exactly they could be $250M apart. That just stretches all credulity. Cole got $324M/9 years. Yamamoto got $325/12. Skubal couldn’t possibly think $500M is on the table, and even the Tigers couldn’t possibly be seriously offering something as low as, say…$100M over 3 years. I see no real way they could be “$250M apart.” Now, as far as the Mets are concerned, Skubal is exactly what the Mets need, moreso than any other possible addition (unless the Pirates are trading Skenes). For one year, I certainly am trading Tong plus a hitter not named Benge or Williams. But if the trade is conditioned on negotiating an extension with Skubal? Then sure, we can talk about a package of Sproat, Benge or Williams, Mauricio/Baty, and one more not named McLean.
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I think it’s just really hard for non-playoff games to get in there. The rally in Philly *was* a great game, but regular-season games are hard to include. Other fun ones are the Ramon Castro game in late August 2005; the Wright walk-off against the Yankees in May 2006; the August 2015 Sunday night game to cap the sweep of Washington; the 2022 game against the Dodgers with the Nimmo catch and Timmy Trumpet appearance…but they inherently can’t quite be the same as postseason baseball.
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I didn’t think it was up for debate that the 21st century began on 1/1/01! The other contenders are, to my mind, in chronological order: -September 21, 2001 (Piazza homer) -2006 NLDS Game 1 -2006 NLCS Game 6 -June 1, 2012 (No-hitter) -2015 NLCS Game 1 -2015 WS Game 3 -2024 Game 161 at Atlanta -2024 WC Game 3 -2024 NLDS Game 1 -2024 NLDS Game 4
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Division series game 5 against the Dodgers. The best Mets game this century? Tim Britton has a good oral history with Alderson, Collins, Granderson, Harvey, Murphy, and Wright: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6716547/2025/10/15/mets-dodgers-nlds-2015-daniel-murphy-jacob-degrom/
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The key part of that play is that the center fielder nearly caught the ball, but it hit off his glove, then the top of the wall, and fell into the field where the CF then caught it before it fell to the ground. The umps were all over it and as the replay showed, the LF umpire correctly made an immediate call of ball-in-play/not a catch. The runner on third, Teoscar Hernandez, had absolutely no business being out on a force play at home. When the ball was in the air, he should've been at third tagging. And when the centerfielder put his glove on the ball, that's the exact moment when he should have left third and started running. How can we be so sure? Because, of course, the rule about leaving the base upon first contact by the outfielder (admittedly a more obscure rule) was a key play in a Mets game this past May that required a replay review. And, of course, the Mets' opponent that game was…the LA Dodgers.
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Tigers/Mariners in the 11th. Amazing how good baseball can be without the idiotic free runner.
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=Centerfield post_id=206705 time=1760057978 user_id=65] So there's no extra runner in the post season? Excellent.
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Frayed Knot wrote: Well the main conclusion in the study I referenced -- one which came from a book both you and I (IIRC) read [sCORECASTING] -- was that officiating was the main reason home teams enjoyed an edge in games based on a bias from officials, conscious or otherwise, of not wanting to be the bad guy. Yes. Book was excellent and I'm sure we discussed it here years ago. I can't remember now if the same author was the guy who did the pandemic-era research.
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Frayed Knot wrote: Mainly I just enjoy the notion that folks think that the road team is somehow going to be even more intimidated based on what the spectators are wearing. Wasn't there some research done, especially during the no-fans-in-stands-pandemic-days, that it is more likely the officials that will be intimidated? I seem to recall there being a trend across multiple sports that home teams weren't getting as many friendly calls when there weren't fans there.
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Sarbaugh was also the infield defense coach. Brett Baty had a pretty good defensive season, so credit to Sarbaugh there. Everyone else on the infield…not quite so much.
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SNY reporting that Sarbaugh is also out. SNY’s reporting is that Gibbons’ departure is of his own accord.
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Hefner, Chavez, Barnes, Gibbons all not being retained per Jeff Passan. [TWEET] [/TWEET]
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Albert is already under a 10-year personal services contract with the Angels that began after his retirement.
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Catching instructor Glenn Sherlock is retiring. More moves expected per SNY.
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Snitker (whose contract was up after this season) is leaving the manager role in Atlanta, transitioning to an "advisor" role.
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=MFS62 post_id=206306 time=1759282172 user_id=60] =Gwreck post_id=206305 time=1759282041 user_id=56] =MFS62 post_id=206284 time=1759272694 user_id=60]someone named Garrett Crochet.
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=MFS62 post_id=206284 time=1759272694 user_id=60]someone named Garrett Crochet.
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I believe Canning is a free agent as well.
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The AL games are 1:08 and 6:08 Eastern starts. I’m not a television executive but it’s always been strange to me that there’s an insistence on playing games in the early afternoon. Sure, the Boston/Yabkees and Dodgers will be in primetime as they get the most eyes nationally. But it seems odd that they would really get a better TV audience for the other games by airing them at a time when no one is watching versus also showing them at 6 or 7 PM.
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One final strategic decision I didn't agree with: letting Mullins bat with the season on the line and Marte available on the bench.
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I'd like to see a more patient approach by Nimmo next year.
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Guess we know what the block function was intended for. As for the game, I'm still pretty disappointed in Mendoza's plan for the pitching but I guess it doesn't matter if we're getting one more of the disappearing-offense games before this season ends.
